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== Announcement ==
== Announcement ==
This is our second release in the [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.90/Roadmap
This is our second release in the [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.90/Roadmap 0.90 development cycle].
0.90 development cycle].


There have been many great fixes already helping to make Sugar even more  
There have been many great fixes already helping to make Sugar even more stable. From a user point of view we want to highlight the addition of the keybindings for accessing the Journal (F5) and the Frame (F6). Daniel Drake has as well changed the appearance of the mesh device to be only present when the mesh is active (this is the same behavior than that of the wired device).
stable. From a user point of view we want to highlight the addition of  
the keybindings for accessing the Journal (F5) and the Frame (F6).  
Daniel Drake has as well changed the appearance of the mesh device to be  
only present when the mesh is active (this is the same behavior than  
that of the wired device).


On the activity side many fixes have been going into Pippy version 37,  
On the activity side many fixes have been going into Pippy version 37, especially on fixing layout issues on different resolutions. Thanks to the Pippy team for all your hard work!
especially on fixing layout issues on different resolutions. Thanks to  
the Pippy team for all your hard work!


The new Browse maintainers have not waited long with a new release.  
The new Browse maintainers have not waited long with a new release. Shortcuts for back/forward/reload, support for CAcerts and user visible support for tabs. The Browse team would like to have feedback especially on the latter. Thanks again to Lucian and Sascha for taking on this valuable task.
Shortcuts for back/forward/reload, support for CAcerts and user visible  
support for tabs. The Browse team would like to have feedback especially  
on the latter. Thanks again to Lucian and Sascha for taking on this  
valuable task.


There is also a new bundle from the Calculate team around Gary and  
There is also a new bundle from the Calculate team around Gary and Reinier. The activity does use the new activity toolbar introduced in 0.86 now. From a first glance the interface has improved a lot, please report back what you think about it.
Reinier. The activity does use the new activity toolbar introduced in  
0.86 now. From a first glance the interface has improved a lot, please  
report back what you think about it.


We encourage people to start doing testing. The sooner the developers  
We encourage people to start doing testing. The sooner the developers get feedback about their changes the better. The Fedora team is doing nightly builds which contains the Soas images [3]. And as the Fedora packager team is doing a fantastic job at packaging the latest tarballs the release should be packaged up soon. I will do another announcement  
get feedback about their changes the better. The Fedora team is doing  
once they are available. By now you can already test the 0.89.1 release if you grab the latest image from [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/ here].
nightly builds which contains the Soas images [3]. And as the Fedora  
packager team is doing a fantastic job at packaging the latest tarballs  
the release should be packaged up soon. I will do another announcement  
once they are available. By now you can already test the 0.89.1 release  
if you grab the latest image from [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/
here].


Thanks everyone for your great contributions!
Thanks everyone for your great contributions!